The combat that the two Planeteers saw in the distance was very epic. The human cat person was trying to survive while using his sword to try and protect himself against the creature's sharp metal blades. As they got closer the image of the cat person started to become more and more clear, this person was wearing a silver battle type Brest plate as well as long brown boots. His cape was solid blue as well as wearing a helmet to protect his head from harm, the duo was close enough now to see the emblem of the Thundercats in the center of his Brest plate.
"Wheeler could this person be this Jaga fellow that is trying to contact Gaia? Linka asked with wonder.
"I don't know Linka, but I do know that we have to try and help him." Wheeler replied while both of them were watching the fight.
The figth between Jaga and the strange twin bladed creature was more intense than Jaga could handle. He knew that even though he is a master of sword play, he wouldn't be able to hold out much longer.
"Now I've got you Jaga." The creature started to say. "There is no way that you can defeat me, I have two swords and you can barley hold on to yours." The creature said while striking Jaga's sword with his metal arms.
"You don't really think that you will win do you?" Jaga responded. "You are slow my friend and you are always dropping your left when you swing."
"Now you will pay for that Jaga." The creature said as he took another swing from his blades and completely disarmed Jaga.
The Planeteers, now seeing that Jaga is defenseless decided to get involved in order to save him.
"Linka it is time we have to help him or we may not be able to complete our quest here."
"Da, Yankee I agree." Linka said as they both aimed their rings at the creature.
"Ready babe?" Wheeler asked.
Linka did not say a word, instead she nodded her head.
"FIRE!"
"WIND!"
Both of their ring commands launched both wind and fire which combined into a fire tornado heading towards the creature with Jaga still laying on the floor.
Jaga, UN-noticing that the Planeteers were about to attack the creature started to get his composure. "You are getting much better my friend, I almost didn't expect you to do that."
"I was just saving it for a special occasion my friend."
Suddenly both competitors were momentarily distracted when they heard two voices that was unfamiliar to them, which cause them both to look in the direction that the flame tornado was coming in.
"LOOK OUT MY FRIEND!" Jaga yelled as both he and the creature moved out of the way of the fire tornado's blast range.
"Jaga, my friend, are you alright?" The creature asked.
"I'm fine just a little surprised about what just happened here."
After the two fighters fully recovered from what has happened they both saw two people running at full speed towards the two of them.
Within only moments the two Planeteers positioned themselves right in front of Jaga getting ready to protect the elder Thundercat.
"Don't move a muscle or you will be roasted and toasted." Wheeler stated as he once again raised his ring to the creature. "Linka, go check on him." He said as Linka went to check on Jaga.
"Now wait just a moment here my friend." The creature said as he started to come a little closer.
"Look pal, I've been having a really bad day here so please don't make me cook you." Wheeler said as the creature backed off a little.
"Are you alright sir?" Linka asked as she was checking Jaga's injuries.
"I'm fine my dear." Jaga started to say. "Can you please tell your friend over to put his hand down."
"Nyet, that creature was going to kill you." Linka retorted.
"That creature is a training friend of mine from the XL-97 galaxy, he wasn't going to hurt me we were just sparring." Jaga said as he started to get up.
"Are you sure that you are alright?" Linka asked.
"I am just fine my dear." Jaga responded as he started to walk over to Wheeler. "Young man, would you please put your hand down, everything is just fine." Jaga said as he put his left hand on Wheeler's right shoulder.
"I'm sorry for what almost happened." Wheeler started to apologize. "I thought you were trying to kill him." He responded as he lowered his ring hand down.
The creature just stood there for a moment and then started to giggle for a moment. "It is no problem my new friends. In your position I would have done the same thing." The creature finished as both his blades turned back into arms and hands. "Until the next time Jaga, I should have some new fighting moves to try on you then." He finished as he started to walk away.
"I will look forward to that my friend." Jaga said as he started to wave good-bye. "Now mind telling me who the two of you are and what you are doing here." Jaga said as he turned around and addressed the Planeteers.
"First of all I would like to give you our deepest apologies for what we thought was happening here." Linka said.
"We thought that he was going to kill you and we were just trying to save your life." Wheeler finished.
"Well I do appreciate the effort, but here in the spirit world, no one can die." Jaga said.
"Well they can if they are between life and death like we are." Linka said.
"What do you mean by that my dear, and how did you produce that fire hurricane here?" Jaga asked.
"It is quite simple sir, my friend Wheeler and I are Planeteers and we have the power of wind and fire at our command." Linka said.
"Planeteers, my young lord Lion-O said that he met you Planeteers." Jaga said. "But then why are you here?"
"I was hit with a deadly radiation blast and was completely knocked out." Wheeler started.
"Da, and when they tried to help save his life, he started to get worse, so they sent me into his head to try and help him." Linka finished.
"I see. Is that the only reason?"
"No sir." Wheeler then started to speak again. "We were hoping if maybe you had any contact with Gaia from our home planet?"
"I'm afraid the answer to your question is no my young friend." Jaga started to say. "Without knowing the exact planet that this Gaia resides on I can not make contact with her."
"We may be able to help with that sir." Linka said
"Oh. How would you do that my dear?"
"If Wheeler and I concentrate on Gaia then maybe you can use our thoughts to try and locate her. We really need to let her know where we are, she is the spirit of our planet. And the closest thing to a mother that we have."
"That just might work my dear." Jaga responded.
"Alright, so what is the first thing that we need to do." Wheeler asked.
"I need you both to just close your eyes and start to think about Gaia." Jaga started to explain. "I'll handle the rest."
"Wheeler we are going to be able to contact Gaia." Linka started to say.
"I know babe, we have a lot of stuff to fill her in on once we see her." Wheeler said
"My friends, we must begin." Jaga said
"Of course sir." Wheeler said and both he and Linka closed their eyes.
"Now start thinking of Gaia, your home, the people you love the most I should then be able to help figure out witch planet you came from." Jaga stated.
After a few moments images from both of the Planeteer's minds started to change the surroundings. Jaga couldn't believe what he was seeing, the pain that these two had gone through, the love that they both have for each other and their family and friends, then he saw an image of a beautiful tropical island deep with the middle of the ocean. This island had palm trees, a small forest with some exotic animals, a greenhouse for growing herbs and food, and then the image changed to a beautiful black skinned woman wearing a purplish dress covering her chest and going straight down to her legs. Her hair was dark brown with a lovely hair barrie holding the hair in position.
"All right my friends you can stop now and open your eyes." Jaga finished as both Planeteers opened their eyes.
"Did it work? Did you find Gaia?" Linka asked with concern.
"Yes, I believe I did." Jaga said as he starts to show the image of a woman on a tropical island. "Is this your Gaia?"
"That's her, you've found her." Linka said with cheer as she went over to Jaga and gave him a big hug. "Thank you for finding her." Linka said while starting to cry.
"It's alright my dear." Jaga responded as Linka let go of him.
"Now that we've found Gaia, how can we get in contact with her?" Wheeler asked.
"I believe that I can help with that but the two of you must be holding on to me at all times in order to speak with her." Jaga stated.
"Sir if you can help us get in contact with Gaia then please do it." Wheeler stated.
"All right my friends, I will help you make contact with Gaia." Jaga started to say. "Now hold on to me."
Wheeler and Linka did as they were told by holding on to Jaga just as he started to take his blue cape and surround all of them with its leather. After a moment all three of them disappeared from the spirit world.
It has been almost three and a half days since the Planeteers left on their mission from Hope Island and Gaia was trying to find out what happened to her young charges.
"Where are you my Planeteers?" She stated as she waved her hands around the Crystal Chamber's large monitor screen. "
As she moved her hands around the large monitor screen, the images she got were not what she had expected to see. She saw the location of where her Planeteers went to in order to stop the Eco-emergency. She remembered that Dr. Blight's lab had been located in Africa, and that there were barrels of toxic waste getting ready to be dumped into rivers and lakes. A moment after that, the image changed and the entire lab complex completely vanished as well as the barrels of waste.
"My poor Planeteers." She then started to say. "What has happened to you, I can't even sense the connection to your rings." She started to say becoming more worried then ever before. "Why can't I make contact with you?"
All of a sudden Gaia started to hear strange but familiar voices coming from behind her. "Gaia, can you hear us?" The voices started to say. "Gaia, can you hear us, please?'
At that moment, Gaia turned herself around to see where the voices were coming from, but she wasn't prepared for what she was about to see.
"Gaia can you see us?' The voices said as the images of the ones yelling out to her started to come into view.
"PLANETEERS!" Gaia shouted with excitement as she saw the images of Wheeler and Linka appear like magic. "What has happened to you, and why are you blue colored?"
"I believe that I can answer that my dear." Jaga said as his image appeared in between the two Planeteers.
"Who are you and what has happened to my Planeteers?" Gaia asked.
"My name is Jaga, I am a Thundercat and your Planeteers are with others of my kind on a planet called Third Earth."
"Gaia you have to believe him." Wheeler started to say. "When we first got there, this mummy blasted our rings with some kind of dark energy making them useless."
"Da, and now the Thundercats are trying to find a way to restore them for us." Linka continued.
"But to do that, we need your help." Jaga started to say. "You must come with us back to Third Earth so that my friends can understand more of the function of these rings."
"I would do anything to help my Planeteers, but how would I get there?" Gaia asked
"Just reach out your hand and take mine, I will handle the rest." Jaga said as both Wheeler and Linka nodded.
Gaia, knowing that the Planeteers wouldn't lie to her about something so important, reached out her own darkened hand and grabbed Jaga's hand. Even thou they are both spirits, they sometimes have the power and the ability to pull another spirit into another world for a short time until they have reached their destination.
"Now hold on tight my dear." Jaga said as he once again took his blue cape and wrapped around everyone causing them all to vanish back into the spirit world.
Back at his Black Pyramid, Mumm-Ra was watching the latest events start to unfold and he was not to happy about what he had just witnessed. The Planeteers had managed to break Wheeler free from his spirit world dream and now they have joined up with Jaga The Wise. They have also found a way to contact their friend Gaia and bring her into the spirit world, Mumm-Ra knew that something had to be done to try and stop them once and for all before they can re-group with the others back in the lair. At that moment Mumm-Ra moved his arms around above the dark liquid that was filling his black cauldron, and the image shifted to another location on Third Earth that both the Thundercats and the citizens of the planet remembered not so long ago.
"I know this friend of evil can handle Jaga, but I need someone else more powerful to handle those Planeteers." Mumm-Ra said as he was started to fire beams of dark energy into the purple pool.
The image that appeared in the water was that of a burnt out tree in the middle of a wasteland full of rocks and deadly birds. Inside the tree was a path that lead down to a very dark crypt where the spirit of an ancient enemy is forever entombed inside for all eternity. This dark spirit was a cat warrior with a single saber tooth on his upper left side of his mouth. He was dressed in a bage type armor breast plate with brown gloves with spikes on the arms, his belt is aligned with spikes in the center of his belt, as well as wearing warrior type boots and on both of his shoulders as well as covering his head are giant skulls, possibility from enemies that he had defeated a long time ago. He was called Grune the Destroyer, he arrived on Third Earth way before the Thundercats had ever arrived. Grune knew about the Thundercats when two Bolkins once awakened him quite by accident, he rose up as a spirit of evil and destruction in hopes of destroying the Thundercats and all that they stood for. It took a while for the Thundercats to know that Grune was once a Thundercat himself, allying himself with Jaga while they were both friends back on Thundera. Battle after battle they fought as friends but through all of the battles that they had, Grune was slowly seeing what could happen if he decided to go against the code that he and Jaga both stood far. After a while Grune launched attacks against his home planet, destroying everything that he could in honor of destruction. Jaga which had witnessed Grune's transformation from friend to enemy battled his ex-friend for days and nights, not allowing each other to gain ground. In the end, Jaga defeated Grune and the Thunderian counsel decided to banish Grune from Thundera, they didn't know that Grune would land on Third earth and continue his destruction. Luckily for the people of Third earth back in those days a very powerful mystic used his power of good magic to seal Grune away for all eternity in a tomb of solid store imprisoning him forever in the bark of a dead tree, thanks to the power of a small magical charm.
"COME FORTH, GRUNE THE DESTROYER, ANCIENT ENEMY OF THE THUNDERCAT JAGA, MUMM-RA HAS NEED OF YOUR SERVICES!" He shouted as the beams hit the image causing a great big ball of purple energy to be blasted out of the tree and right into the center of Mumm-Ra's Dark Pyramid.
As the energy ball appeared to Mumm-Ra, it began to transform into the shape of Grune the Destroyer. "Mumm-Ra." He started to say. "Why have you released me from my prison?"
"I have need of your services Grune." He replied.
"What could be so urgent that you would need to bring me here?"
"I want you to go into the spirit world and take care of your old friend Jaga The Wise."
"Jaga, there hasn't been a day since I was defeated by him years ago that I wouldn't like a little revenge."
"I know Grune, but in order to defeat him I will give you some special help." Mumm-Ra said as he shot a beam at Grune materializing his weapon the Thundrainium Club.
"Mumm-Ra I'm glad that you remembered that my club has the power to weaken Thundercats no matter where they are."
"Yes Grune but we need something more." Mumm-Ra said as he started to wave his hands over the water again. "Now, lets see if my new allies might have something that I can use." He said as the image turned into the center of Castle Plun-Dar. "DR. BLIGHT, I NEED TO ASK YOU A VERY SPECIAL QUESTION." He shouted in the reflection from the pool.
"Mumm-Ra." She started to say. "What do you need of me?"
"Do you have any way to defeat those pesky Planeteers, we can not allow them to have their powers restored."
"I do know of one way, but it is a long shot."
"TELL ME RIGHT NOW, IF YOU VALUE OUR ALLIANCE!" He started to shout.
"I once created an evil version of their hero by capturing their rings and creating an evil opposite of Captain Planet." She started to say. "He was called Captain Pollution, he had the same powers as Captain Planet but was on the side of destruction."
"And what may I ask happened to this creation of yours my dear Blight?"
"Those Planet pests and their friend Commander Clash defeated him with all of their purest elements of the earth which caused him to return to the evil rings that my machine had created and then exploded."
"Thank you for this valuable information my dear Blight, I'll be in touch." Mumm-Ra said as he once again moved his arms around and the image vanished.
Once the image was gone from the pool, Mumm-Ra started to look up at the Ancient Spirits of Evil statues and then begun to speak to them. "Ancient Spirits, did you hear what my ally has told me about?"
After a moment, the eyes on all of the statues started to glow. "WE HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION MUMM-RA." they started to say. "WE CAN SHOW YOU THE LOCATION WHERE THIS CAPTAIN POLLUTION IS NOW RESTING, SO YOU CAN USE YOUR DARK POWERS TO SEND HIM INTO THE SPIRIT WORLD AS WELL TO DEFEAT OUR ENEMIES ONCE AND FOR ALL."
"Thank you my ancient masters. That is just what I wanted to hear-"
"SILENCE YOU PATHETIC MUMMY." The spirits said cutting him off. "WE ARE GETTING TIRED OF ALL OF YOUR CONSTANT FAILURES AND BRINGING ALL OF THESE STRANGERS TO THIS WORLD. IF YOU CONTINUE TO FAIL US, THEN WE WILL BE VERY VERY ANGRY AND OUR PUNISHMENT WILL NOT BE PLESENT!"
"I WILL NOT FAIL YOU MY MASTERS.!" Mumm-Ra said as he started to beg to his masters.
"GET UP YOU SNIVELING LITTLE WORM AND GET TO WORK!" The spirits said.
With that the image of Commander Clash's Island appeared in the pool with the exact spot where the Planeteers defeated their enemy Captain Pollution.
"Those Planeteers will have no defense against this enemy once I bring him to my Black Pyramid." Mumm-Ra started to say with glee.
"Why do I have to work with someone from another Planet Mumm-Ra?" Grune started to say. "I can beat Jaga and these so called Planeteers all by my self."
"YOU FOOL!" Mumm-Ra started to shout while turning to look at Grune. "THOSE PLANETEERS HAVE POWERFUL RINGS THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM, EVEN IN THE SPIRIT WORLD! YOU MUST KILL BOTH OF THEM, THEY ARE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH AND I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS DEATH FOR THEM! THIS ENEMY OF THEIRS MIGHT JUST TURN THE TIDE IN YOUR BATTLE, SO BE QUIET AND LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT PLANNING!" He finished while shouting.
"As you wish, my master." Grune said as he knelled towards Mumm-Ra.
"Now to begin the spell that will bring their enemy from their home planet to ours." Mumm-Ra said as he started to chant a very powerful dark spell. "ANCIENT SPIRITS OF EVIL, BRING FORTH THE DARKEST ENERGY FROM ALL OVER THE PLANET TO REVIVE THE PLANETEER'S MOST DANGEROUS ENEMY AND BRING HIM TO MY BLACK PYRAMID TO DO MY BIDDING!" He shouted as he fired beams of pure evil into the pool.
After a few moments the area where Captain Pollution was defeated was starting to become surrounded by a dense fog of pure evil. The fog then started to seep into the ground hoping to find its intended targets, within moments the fog had located the remains of the five evil duplicate rings that were created from the Planeteers' own power rings. These rings had the evil version of each of the Planeteers own power. Super Radiation for Nukem, Deforestation for Plunder, Smog, for Sludge, Toxic s for Scum and Hate for Blight. When these five evil powers combine they transform into the form of Captain Pollution a monster of pure evil and destructive force. Once the fog had been absorbed into what was left of the rings they all fired their beams straight into the air combining all of their powers to bring forth that which is the Planeteers' greatest foe. The man that the beams have merged into was completely different than that of Captain Planet. The man's skin was colored orange and covered with brown spots all over his body as if he had gotten radiation burns over 50 percent of his body. His boots, waist belt , hands and shoulder guards as well as the light armor going around the front of his chest was colored red except the planet emblem which was yellow in the center was broken in two. The man's hair color was also dark red indicating his joy for destruction and violence, but there was one other thing that made this man completely different from Captain Planet, the man's personality was more of that as a punk looking for any way to get a fix. And with that Captain Pollution was returned to the land of the living for at least as long as Mumm-Ra has use of him.
"How did I get back and where are those Nature Nerds." He said looking around.
Without even realizing what had happened, Pollution was hit with another strange purple beam of energy and disappeared from the location on Commander Clash's Island paradise.
Within only a matter of seconds, Captain Pollution was transported into the center of Mumm-Ra's black pyramid looking at both him and Grune the Destroyer.
"Hey there dudes, thanks for bringing me back and all but I really have to find and stop those Eco-geeks so if you will-" He started to say
"SILENCE YOU MISERABLE CUR!" Mumm-Ra said as he showed Pollution a fracture of his own power.
"Hey dude, nice light show but I really must be going so if you would just show me the way out I-"
"He told you to stop you ungrateful moron." Grune said as he jumped right in front of Pollution.
"Look dude, if you just wanted me to stay then all you had to do was just say so." Pollution said hoping to avoid anymore surprises.
"Captain Pollution, I am Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living source of evil, I have brought you back to life to help me with a problem that I am sure you are familiar with."
"What sort of problem?" Pollution said as he turned around and walked over towards the black pool.
"Look into the black cauldron and I will show you." Mumm-Ra said as he started to wave his hands around showing the images of Wheeler and Linka in the Spirit world.
"Now why didn't you tell me that you had Planeteers that needed to be put down. That is my specialty as you know."
"I do know that is why I have summoned you and Grune here." He paused a moment then started to continue. "I want you both to attack and destroy the both of them so they can not rejoin the others."
"Sounds simple just show me the way and I'll-" He started to say.
"SILENCE YOU FOOL!" Mumm-Ra said cutting him off. "Both of the Planeteers are between life and death just waiting for someone to finish them off. I want the two of you to go there and make sure that those miserable Eco-Geeks as you well put it before, have a one way ticket to the afterlife."
"Now that sounds like fun." Pollution replied. "When do we leave?"
"We shall both go as soon as Mumm-Ra transports us there, just behave when we get there and try to control yourself Pollution." Grune said.
Pollution just nodded his head in agreement hoping to avoid any more screaming from his host.
"Remember, you both have to work together to defeat our enemies, so be careful and show no mercy." Mumm-Ra started to say. "Now go and destroy them." He finished as he blasted both of them with dark energy transporting them into the spirit world.
"Now let us see if the Thundercat and those miserable Planeteers can handle both Grune and Captain Pollution." He started to say while laughing. "This is gonna be the last time that I will have to deal with those two and then I shall emerge to destroy the rest once and for all." He finished while laughing very manically.